41 minGambling addiction
His daughter was in the hospital, and he was home gambling
Joe Pizzimenti/Last bet December 2013
12 conversations
Sports betting
What the apps do to young men, told by the people they took apart.
A sportsbook on a phone is not a bookie you have to drive to. It is open at three in the morning, it knows exactly which notification will get you back, and it is designed by people who are very good at their jobs.
The guests here are mostly men who started with a twenty dollar parlay and ended up risking more on one game than they earned in a year. They are specific about the mechanics: the free bet, the chase, the promotions that arrived the week they tried to stop.
The conversations
Every episode about sports betting
41 min
49 minGambling addiction
He turned $200 into $100,000, then lost it all
Uri Edell/Recovering gambler
42 minGambling addiction
Online gambling is the next addiction epidemic
John Bonatesta/The Odds and Reality
58 minGambling addiction
How DraftKings and FanDuel engineer addiction
Jonathan Cohen/Historian, author of Losing Big
38 minGambling addiction
What his wife put in the pizza box changed everything
Eugene K./Five years clean, Gamblers Anonymous
51 minGambling addiction
He wagered $126 million in four years
Sam Favata/Former professional baseball player
30 minGambling addiction
He turned $30,000 into $500,000 in chips, then lost it in 72 hours
Kurt F./Compulsive gambler in recovery
43 minGambling addiction
Gambling addiction almost killed him by 28
Anthony Natoli/Tech sales, San Francisco
58 minGambling addiction
A therapist on why you think you'll win it back
Gambling therapist/Clinician
54 minGambling addiction
A $10,000 slot win ruined his life
Sam/Founder, Evive
51 minGambling addiction
I lost $580,000 in ten days and wanted to die
Joe Cannon/Twelve-year gambling spiral
1 hr 20 minGambling addiction
He won $3.2 million in 48 minutes, then lost $13 million
Mathew Bowyer/Bookmaker in the Ohtani case
Elsewhere in the library
Other things people come here for
- Family and relationshipsThe marriages that survived it, and the ones that did not.30
- Rehab and treatmentTwenty-five treatment centres, one that finally worked, and why.28
- Mental health and suicideThe nights people planned to end it, and what stopped them.22
- Gambling addictionThe addiction that leaves no track marks and no smell on your breath.21
- Sober living and habitsThe unglamorous daily mechanics of staying clean.21
- AlcoholHigh-functioning drinking, hidden bottles and the double life it takes to keep it going.16
Sports betting is one of 16 topics every episode of Nothing's Off The Table is tagged against. Search the whole library.
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